hi,
Just saw this update from Vivek Cherian, a former Mumbai community member who is now working in Chennai, on Facebook:
Just back from a meeting with the IT Secretary Department of Information Technology, Government of Tamil Nadu. The happy news is that a FOSS OS will be used in the Laptops planned to be distributed by the Tamil Nadu Government to School students.
This is followed with the official notification sent to the press barely half an hour later - http://www.thehindu.com/education/issues/article2423376.ece
warm regards, Pradeep Mohandas